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Men are more likely than women to catch tuberculosis (TB), finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

Professor John Mullan surprised Andy Burnham during a visit to Downing Street, before the two reminisced about his university experience, and discussed education and training pathways.

Replacing 15 minutes of sleep or sedentary behaviour with 15 minutes of movement are each linked to a two per cent reduced risk of cancer, new UCL research has found.

The David Potter Institute for Quantum Information and Spacetime, established with an award from the David and Elaine Potter Foundation, will aim to reconcile two fundamental theories of the universe.

UCL researchers have developed a new diagnostic tool that shows disadvantaged students miss out on places at many top English universities despite getting the required grades.

More than one in four UK healthcare workers have been affected by long Covid with symptoms lasting beyond three months, according to an NHS research programme involving a UCL team.

Scientists at UCL have developed a framework for stress testing how AI chatbots respond to vulnerable users, helping researchers identify weaknesses and test ways of making mental health interactions

Tributes have been paid to an award-winning UCL historian, filmmaker and lecturer in screenwriting who has died aged 61.

A new exhibition offering a fascinating insight into how the now-iconic design of Coventry Cathedral came about after it was bombed in the Second World War has been curated by a UCL researcher.

One in six UK hospital beds is currently occupied by a person with dementia, at a cost to the taxpayer of £2.8 billion annually, with this number set to increase to one in four by 2040, according to a

The definition of autism may have become so wide that it risks confusion and even misdiagnosis, according to a new editorial by UCL Professor Dame Uta Frith, whose pioneering research in the 1960s and 70s lay the foundations for how we understand autism.

The hotel room that famed author Oscar Wilde stayed in while visiting Brighton shortly before his arrest on charges of homosexuality has been identified by archaeologists from UCL Archaeology South-East.

People who live by the coast in midlife are more likely to have worse health, finds a new study in England and Wales led by UCL researchers.

Most Americans favour non-violent measures, such as temporary barricades, over violent measures, like the use of rubber bullets, by border enforcement officers towards undocumented migrants on the southern border, a UCL-led study has found.

The largest clinical trial of long Covid care to date has found that specialist NHS long Covid services may help reduce fatigue, one of the condition’s most common and disabling symptoms.